Alejandro de la Fuente

Alejandro de la Fuente

PhD candidate

Threatened Species Nomination

My research has contributed to a better understanding of the impacts of climate change on tropical biodiversity. One of the most relevant findings is the rapid climate-driven biodiversity erosion. Below is a list of the most relevant cases, representing a robust representation of the unique biodiversity that constituted the Outstanding Universal Value of the Wet Tropics of North Queensland. All these species have a prominent characteristic in common - they are restricted to the highlands of the Australian Wet Tropics. The rapid decline of upland populations highlighs the alarming rapid collapse of tropical montane ecosystems, following a clear pattern of the “escalator to extinction”.

15. Lemuroid Ringtail Possum

  • Nomination: EPBC (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999).
  • Authors: Williams, S., de la Fuente, A., Falconi, L. (2022)

14. Grey-Headed Robin

  • Nomination: EPBC (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) & IUCN (through Birdlife International).
  • Authors: Williams, S., de la Fuente A., Freeman AND., Graig, M., Frith, DW., Frith, CD., Garnett, ST. (2021).

13. Victoria’s Riflebird

  • Nomination: EPBC (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) & IUCN (through Birdlife International).
  • Authors: Williams, S., de la Fuente A., Frith, CD., Frith, DW., Garnett, ST. (2021).

12. Wet Tropics Eastern Whipbird

  • Nomination: EPBC (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) & IUCN (through Birdlife International).
  • Authors: Williams, S., de la Fuente A., Harrington GB., Frith, CD., Frith, DW., Chaplin, D., Garnett, ST. (2021).

11. Tooth-billed Bowerbird

  • Nomination: EPBC (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) & IUCN (through Birdlife International).
  • Authors: Williams, S., de la Fuente A., Harrington GB., Frith, CD., Frith, DW., Chaplin, D., Freeman, AND., Graig, M., Garnett, ST. (2021).

10. Wet Tropics Satin Bowerbird

  • Nomination: EPBC (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) & IUCN (through Birdlife International).
  • Authors: Williams, S., de la Fuente A., Frith, CD., Frith, DW., Chaplin, D., Garnett, ST. (2021).

9. Little Treecreeper

  • Nomination: EPBC (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) & IUCN (through Birdlife International).
  • Authors: Williams, S., de la Fuente A., Garnett, ST. (2021).

8. Golden Bowerbird

  • Nomination: EPBC (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) & IUCN (through Birdlife International).
  • Authors: Williams, S., de la Fuente A., Frith, CD., Frith, DW., Chaplin, D., Garnett, ST. (2021).

7. Fernwren

  • Nomination: EPBC (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) & IUCN (through Birdlife International).
  • Authors: Williams, S., de la Fuente A., Grant, JDA., Garnett, ST. (2021).

6. Wet Tropics Brown Gerygone

  • Nomination: EPBC (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) & IUCN (through Birdlife International).
  • Authors: Williams, S., de la Fuente A., Freeman, AND., Garnett, ST. (2021).

5. Atherton Scrubwren

  • Nomination: EPBC (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) & IUCN (through Birdlife International).
  • Authors: Williams, S., de la Fuente A., Garnett, ST. (2021).

4. Mountain Thornbill

  • Nomination: EPBC (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) & IUCN (through Birdlife International).
  • Authors: Williams, S., de la Fuente A., Garnett, ST. (2021).

3. Wet Tropics Large-Billed Scrubwren

  • Nomination: EPBC (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) & IUCN (through Birdlife International).
  • Authors: Williams, S., de la Fuente A., Freeman, AND., Graig, M., Garnett, ST. (2021).

2. Bower Shrike-Thrush

  • Nomination: EPBC (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) & IUCN (through Birdlife International).
  • Authors: Williams, S., de la Fuente A., Freeman, AND., Graig, M., Garnett, ST. (2021).

1. Wet Tropics King-Parrot

  • Nomination: EPBC (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) & IUCN (through Birdlife International).
  • Authors: Williams, S., de la Fuente A., Freeman, AND., Graig, M., Garnett, ST. (2021).